c/ukraine · by zabadoh@ani.social · 37dUkraine May Have Broken the Biggest FP-5 Flamingo Production Bottleneck https://united24media.com/defense-tech/ukraine-may-have-broken-the-biggest-fp-5-flamingo-production-bottleneck-2128487 points · 15 comments · view on lemmy.world
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decolo@piefed.social · 26 pts · 37d
So it has better range, larger payload capacity, and costs 6x less than a Tomahawk cruise missile.
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 37d
It seems the main weaknesses of the Flamingo are it's not very nimble and not particularly stealth so I could easily be shot down. Main advantages, cheap, practically built out of scraps and very big explosion!
decolo@piefed.social · 12 pts · 36d
Plus it seems the air defense they might encounter is fairly minimal.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 13 pts · 36d
Cheap drones are used to confuse and exhaust air defense to increase chances flamingo can get through.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 2 pts · 36d
Screening vessels by another name
bluGill@fedia.io · 2 pts · 36d
I don't know of official sources of data but I've seen that 4 out of 5 are shot down by Russia.
cynar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 36d
20% on target, through enemy air defenses, could still be devastating.
Armour that blocks 80% of bullets would be great against a sniper, far less against a machine gun at close range.
bluGill@fedia.io · 2 pts · 35d
We can see that in the headlines. Massive targets are being hit everyday. It would be nice if the numbers were better but they are enough to matter
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 36d
Disadvantage is size, matters for naval use and stockpiling them. It's very fat.
decolo@piefed.social · 5 pts · 36d
Are those use cases a problem for Ukraine though? I assume Ukraine mostly launches from land and doesn't have the leisure of stockpiling yet.
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 36d
No, only matters for export.
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 36d
So is your mom but it sure does a lot of damage
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 37d
That might say more about tomahawk production costs than the flamingo's.
zabadoh@ani.social · 10 pts · 37d
I thought it was going to be insufficient flamingo plushies or pink paint.
not@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 36d
Let's turn Moscow into Lake Natron.